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Papyrus 487(B)
- Record Id:
- 040-002104869
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x0001c4
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147468732.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 487(B)
- Title:
- Archilochus (P.Petr. I 4(2), P.Lond.Lit. 55, P.Lond. III 487(b) descr., TM 59238, LDAB 334, MP3 131)
- Scope & Content:
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Papyrus fragment from cartonnage with tetrameters from an unknown work of Archilochus.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104869 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 487(B) : Archilochus (P.Petr. I 4(2), P.Lond.Lit. 55, P.Lond. III 487(b) descr., TM 59238, LDAB 334, MP3 131) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1151]/040-002104869
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Papyrus fragment reused as mummy cartonnage, with surface damage and holes; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. Portions of two columns survive; of the first, only the ends of the lines remain; the second is much obliterated, although it has fairly complete lines. Intercolumn and upper margin survive. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147468732.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0299
- End Date:
- -0200
- Date Range:
- 3rd century BC
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 167 x 140 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 225 x 190 mm.
Script: Thin, neat, upright hand; one interlinear addition.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Egypt.
Provenance: Gurob, Arsinoite nome, Egypt. Presented as part of a lot comprising Papyri 486-603 by Henry Martyn Kennard (b. 1833, d. 1911) in May 1895. The papyri had been extracted from mummy cartonnages found in Gurob by William Matthew Flinders Petrie (b. 1853, d. 1942) in 1889-1890.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. III 487(b) descr.
P.Lond.Lit. 55
P.Petr. I 4(2) - Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1894-1899 (London: British Museum 1901), p. 500.
The Flinders Petrie papyri, with transcription, commentaries and index. Part I (Dublin: The Academy House 1891), pp. 16-17, no 4(2), with pl.
F. Blass, ‘Ein Papyrusfragment aus Menandros Kolax’, Hermes 33 (1898), pp. 654-657 (p. 656).
F. Blass, ‘Vermischtes zu den griechischen Lyrikern und aus Papyri’, Rheinisches Museum 55 (1900), pp. 91-103 (pp. 102-103).
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. ix, no. 487B descr.
H. J. M. Milne, Catalogue of the Literary Papyri in the British Museum (London: Trustees of the British Museum 1927), pp. 43-44, no. 55.
R. Merkelbach, ‘Literarische Texte mit Ausschluß der christlichen’, Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete 16 (1958), pp. 87-88.
M. Treu, Archilochus (München: Heimeran 1959), pp. 64, 66.
K. McNamee, Annotations in Greek and Latin texts from Egypt (New Haven, Conn.: American Society of Papyrologists 2007), p. 183, no. 131.
Th. Gärtner, ‘Kritische Überlegungen zu den Fragmenten des Archilochos’, Hermes 136 (2008), pp. 1-14.
A. Porro, ‘Archilochus’, in G. Bastianini et al. (eds.), Commentaria et lexica graeca in papyris reperta (CLGP) I.1.3 (Berlino-New York: De Gruyter, 2011), pp. 157-164 (pp. 165-166, no. 1).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)